Nathan Outteridge Quotes

The Olympics were the most pressure I've ever felt.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

At the World Cup, it's the very top level. It's going to be tougher.

Being bold in the shirt of Real Madrid is not easy.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

Competition is to be expected at a club like Arsenal.

When I was playing Jimmy White in those finals, I could tell when he was under pressure.

When you play constantly for strong sides, then the pressure is always on you.

At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won.

I've got a tough act to follow.

At this level, you put a lot of pressure on yourself as a player to perform and do well.

Some people don't like competition because it makes them work harder, better.

When you beat a team so often - especially like this season when Chelsea had already lost three times to us - you know people expect you to do it again. But you also know they're going to be even more motivated to finally win.

Anytime you play a finalist it's going to be a challenge.

I'm used to performing under pressure, but that's playing football.

To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.

Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.

The first game is always the most difficult, for the nerves you have before you begin to play.

Sledging makes things interesting. There are no robots playing. They are humans who want to perform well for the country. So when stakes are so high, emotions will take over. Sometimes sledging gets the best out of you.

Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

I'd much rather have that pressure than be at the end of the field and no one expecting you to win. That's the kind of pressure that you've got to enjoy and love.

It's harder when you're supposed to win. When you're talking about the best players and the best teams in the world, when you talk about the Heat, you can ask them - it's not easy.